Tuberculosis of the thyroid in Togo: a clinicopathologic study of 11 presumed cases
| Autor: | Gado Napo-Koura, E. Pegbessou, Tchin Darré, Dolou Warou, Bathokedeou Amana, Foma Winga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Adolescent 030231 tropical medicine Thyroid Gland HIV Infections Caseous necrosis Disease Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Abscess Coinfection business.industry Thyroid Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Dermatology Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Togo 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Granuloma Female Histopathology business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Doctor. 48:313-316 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1133 0049-4755 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis (TB) remains a real public health concern in Africa; thyroid localisation of the disease is a very rare form of extrapulmonary TB. We conducted a descriptive and cross-sectional study on all histologically proved cases of thyroid TB diagnosed in Togo over the last 20 years. Eleven cases of TB of the thyroid were identified, of which nine were in women, with an average age of 29.4 ± 0.2 years. The clinical signs were the presence of a nodule in seven, an abscess in three and a swelling with cutaneous fistulisation in one. Thyroid involvement alone was found in four, associated with pleuropulmonary TB in six and mammary TB in one. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection was present in six. All histopathology results showed inflammatory granulomata with caseous necrosis. The clinical features are often misleading and pose a real diagnostic problem, especially with differentials of simple abscess and cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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